"#Russia has now transformed to a wartime economy. #Nordic and #Baltic countries closest to Russia have got the message and are preparing."
An excellent article from Minna Ålander on how the Nordic and Baltic countries are preparing.
This should be happening everywhere in the #West.
https://cepa.org/article/the-nordic-baltic-region-an-example-for-nato/
It's nice to be on holiday and have the time to pull my thoughts together.
This time I'm writing on an acute subject:
You may be wondering why there seems to be no counterbalance to #trump #maga and other #populist right-wing movements across the #west?
I place my lens upon a critical misunderstanding of "virtue signalling" as something bad - not a basic human need - by contemporary #left
Enjoy!
#politics #philosophy #psychology #amwriting @philosophy
https://gimulnaut.wordpress.com/2024/07/19/the-left-needs-to-take-a-fresh-look-at-virtue-signalling/
"...#Putin propaganda here, and he’s been clinging to it since the beginning of the war: that he had to go into #Ukraine, #NATO is surrounding him, and that NATO support and #USA support for Ukraine just proves it’s the #West versus #Russia; it’s NATO versus Russia; it’s the US versus Russia. And it’s all a bunch of horse-hockey. There’s nothing to it. This is Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, pure and simple..."
yup
anyone who differs is a troll or an idiot
Here’s what we are reading today:
#Ukraine confirmed that its #F16s were used for the very first time, helping defend the skies over the country on Monday.
It's a major milestone which shows how continuing #Ukrainian success requires the #West to continue to provide military aid.
#Iran turns to #HellsAngels & other #criminal #gangs to target critics
Iran has cultivated ties w/criminal networks in the #West to carry out a recent wave of #violent plots in the #UnitedStates & #Europe.
In the months before his attackers tracked him down, the exiled Iranian #journalist had been moved in & out of safe houses by #London’s Metro Police, given a secret way to signal rescue units & installed monitoring devices in his home.
#geopolitics #PoliticalViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/iran-criminal-gangs-target-dissidents/
